I'd answer by saying, 'It depends on the use you are going to put it to and location'

At home I have broadband, but occasionally test wifi - but only 54G not N

When I visit friends I often find they have N routers so I can get faster connections using an N dongle

I also spend a lot of time traveling, or on a boat so have a 1 watt [High power, with booster aerial] dongle for that, which also does N data rate, and with good long range connectivity

I prefer dongles that use Ralink chipsets, as they seem better supported

Of the 'mainstream' dongles, often supplied with routers, I might surprise some, but I wouldn't buy/use Belkin, as I had no end of trouble, with poor connections and dropouts, but found Linksys to be OK

I use this wireless adapter(tp-link tl-wn722n) in PCLOS. It has drivers built in to the newest kernels(2.6.3. It uses the ath9k_htc driver and also needs the firmware. I haven't been able to use it any of the Puppy Derivatives. It gets great reception.

Just look at the usb entries, then check with well-minded search, using both make and model/number, and chipset as separate searches

Any that cause problems will soon show up, as should those which are kernel/puppy version specific

It's really a case of taking a calculated risk, as looking at the F5D7050 example shows 5!! different versions and 4 different chipsets! [there may be more by now?] - some puppy versions just don't like certain dongles, and require additional drivers or tweaks

It's really a case of taking a calculated risk, as looking at the F5D7050 example shows 5!! different versions and 4 different chipsets! [there may be more by now?] - some puppy versions just don't like certain dongles, and require additional drivers or tweaks
Aitch

The only card I own that was even slightly risky was a Belkin F5D7050
ver.4001 802.11g cardbus. Madwifi. (atheros)
Purchased new for $30.00; from a local store and could have returned it if it didn't work.

There are many cards recommended in the Puppy forum; but the
info provided is sketchy and unreliable in many cases.

If it says it works "out of the box" with an "official" Puppy release
it's worth looking at.

Puppy versions before 3.01 >4.0 had spotty usb support and the
same for pcmcia on even earlier Pups.

It wasn't until the latest version of Ttuuxxs' 2.14x that I could get any
wireless on that pup and it still doesn't work with my usb dongle._________________
Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs

I use this wireless adapter(tp-link tl-wn722n) in PCLOS. It has drivers built in to the newest kernels(2.6.3. It uses the ath9k_htc driver and also needs the firmware. I haven't been able to use it any of the Puppy Derivatives.

Just an update: I have been able to get TP-Link TL-WN722N to work in Luci529(Three-Headed Dog). I needed the ath9k_htc firmware pet provided by Tempestuous. If there is any way to get this setup to work in older puppies that would be great! My computer is a Dell Dimension 4100 (circa 2001). Great job Tempestuous!!

This device has been updated to 1 Watt in later versions, using the same chipset [RTL8187L]

Courtesy: forum.aircrack-ng.org

The original Alfa AWUS036H is 292 mW output; but the heatsink has been increased, as shown; add the included 2 dBi antenna and you have about 500 mW EIRP. Swap that for a 5 dBi antenna and you have 1000 mW EIRP (adding 3 dB, doubling the radiated power). If you put an 8 dBi antenna on, you've got 2000 mW, and with an 11 dBi antenna you'd be at the maximum FCC-allowed limit of 4 W EIRP. And giving yourself a headache or temporarily frying your family jewels.

Also there is AWUS036HN, 500mW 802.11b/g/n, using RT2770 RT2750 chipset/driver

Then there's a 2Watt AWUS036N/NHR, 802.11g/n, using RTL8188RU, and supplied with 5dB/9dB/panel aerials, according to supplier....for even longer/directional range use, [higher EIRP by change of aerial gain]

The highest power I have found, [and legally allowable] apart from adding questionable legality booster amplifiers, using usb adapters, is a Netsys 980000N, 802.11N type adapter with a massive 4200mW output power, with twin 9dB aerials giving a massive 45+dB signal gain over the usual 32mW usb devices - uses RT3070/rt3370sta driver
This device should give several kms range, more, if mounted high or with an add-on yagi or panel aerial [adapters may be needed, to connect]
Bonus is, it's about the same price!